Repair of wounded monolayers of cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells is inhibited by calcium spirulan,a novel sulfated polysaccharide isolated from Spirulina platensis |
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Authors: | Kaji Toshiyuki Fujiwara Yasuyuki Inomata Yuki Hamada Chieko Yamamoto Chika Shimada Satomi Lee Jung-Bum Hayashi Toshimitsu |
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Institution: | Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Japan. t-kaji@hokuriku-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Calcium spirulan (Ca-SP) is a novel sulfated polysaccharide isolated from a blue-green alga Spirulina platensis. Ca-SP inhibits thrombin by activation of heparin cofactor II. Therefore, it could serve as an origin of anti-atherogenic medicines. Since maintenance of vascular endothelial cell monolayers is important for prevention of vascular lesions such as atherosclerosis, the effect of Ca-SP at 20 microg/ml or less on the repair of wounded bovine aortic endothelial cell monolayers in culture was investigated in the present study. When the monolayers were wounded and cultured in the presence of Ca-SP, the polysaccharide inhibited the appearance of the cells in the wounded area. The inhibition was also observed even when the repair was promoted by excess basic fibroblast growth factor, which is one of the autocrine growth factors that are involved in the endothelial cell monolayer maintenance. On the other hand, Ca-SP inhibited the cell growth and the incorporation of 3H]thymidine into the acid-insoluble fraction of proliferating endothelial cells, suggesting that Ca-SP inhibits endothelial cell proliferation. From these results, it is concluded that Ca-SP may retard the repair process of damaged vascular endothelium through inhibition of vascular endothelial cell proliferation by induction of a lower ability to respond to stimulation by endogenous basic fibroblast growth factor. |
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Keywords: | Calcium spirulan Endothelial cell Vascular Proliferation Spirulina platensis Atherosclerosis |
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